The Marquess of Hamilton
Portrait by Daniël Mijtens
Born1589
Died2 March 1625
Whitehall, London
Resting placeHamilton
Title2nd Marquess of Hamilton
4th Earl of Arran
SuccessorJames Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
SpouseLady Ann Cunningham
ChildrenAnne Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton
Margaret Lindsay, Countess of Crawford
Mary Douglas, Countess of Queensberry
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
Parent(s)John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton
Margaret Lyon, Countess of Cassilis

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton and 4th Earl of Arran KG PC (1589 – 2 March 1625), styled Lord Aven from 1599 to 1604, was a Scottish politician.[1] He was the son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton and Margaret Lyon.

Career

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Hamilton inherited his father's titles and estates in 1604. King James granted him the property and lands of Arbroath Abbey, or "Aberbrothwick", and on 5 May 1608 created him Lord Aberbrothwick.[2] In 1609, Aberbrothwick inherited the earldom of Arran from his insane and childless uncle James Hamilton.

He moved to England with King James, and invested in the Somers Isles Company, an offshoot of the Virginia company, buying the shares of Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford. The Parish of Hamilton in the Somers Isles (alias Bermuda) is named for him.[3] He was created Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale in the peerage of England on 16 June 1619. In 1621 he served as Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the King's representative in the Parliament of Scotland.

Marriage and children

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Arms of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton

In 1603, he married Lady Ann Cunningham, a daughter of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn and they had five children:

He also had an illegitimate daughter, Margaret (who married John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton and had issue) by Anne Stewart, a daughter of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre.

Hamilton died on 2 March 1625 at Whitehall, London, from a fever and was buried in the family mausoleum at Hamilton, on 2 September of that year.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ James Hamiton, National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved July 2009
  2. ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 2.
  3. ^ Marion O'Connor, 'Godly Patronage: Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford', Johanna Harris & Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women (Palgrave, 2011), p. 73.

Biography

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Parliament of Scotland Preceded byThe Earl Marischal Lord High Commissioner 1621 Succeeded byThe Earl of Traquair(from 1639) Court offices Preceded byThe Duke of Lennox Lord Steward 1623–1625 Succeeded byThe Earl of Pembroke Peerage of Scotland Preceded byJohn Hamilton Marquess of Hamilton 1604–1625 Succeeded byJames Hamilton Preceded byJames Hamilton Earl of Arran 1609–1625 New creation Lord Aberbrothwick 1608–1625 Peerage of England New creation Earl of Cambridge 1619–1625 Succeeded byJames Hamilton
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